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The 990 - 2200 metre wide asteroid 2011 EZ78 will make a close pass (37.3 lunar distances, 0.0958 AU), travelling at 11.54 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 10th July, 2011 @ 12:15 UT ±01:13.

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The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).



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Orbital elements:
2011 EZ78                                                Earth MOID = 0.0908 AU
Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5                  MPC
M 319.59056              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.26463413     Peri.  179.45358     +0.33393719     +0.89757342
a   2.4027328      Node   110.02816     -0.86597232     +0.41273530
e   0.5387915      Incl.   17.84003     -0.37226052     -0.15495653
P   3.72           H   17.1           G   0.15           U   7

MPEC 2011 - G88

The 1000 - 2000 meter wide asteroid will pass at a distance of 35.5 lunar distances (0.0908 AU).



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